A tentative date for his release was set on Oct. 1, but the department doesn’t release to parole on Sundays, Keast said.

Simpson, a football star of the 1970’s, was found not guilty in 1995 of the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and restaurant waiter Ron Goldman.

Exactly 13 years later, he was found guilty in an armed robbery of sports memorabilia from Bruce Fromong, a dealer in such items. Simpson was sentenced to 33 years in prison, eligible for parole in nine years.

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